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Trinity Church and Martyr's Monument. 



HISTORY 



TRINITY CHUI\CH 



GRAVE YARD. 



ILLUSTRATED. 



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HISTORY OF 



TRINITY CHURCH. 

In 1674 New York was conveyed by Holland to 
Great Britain by treaty, and the Episcopalians 
resumed their worship, which had been temporarily 
suspended, in the old Dutch Church within the 
Battery. 

In 1695 the Legislature, upon the petition of the 
Wardens and Vestrymen of the City of New York, 
declared it to be their opinion that the Church 
Wardens and Vestrymen have power to call a dis- 
senting Protestant minister, and that he is to be paid 
and maintained as the law directs. 

In 1696 Governor Fletcher arrived in New York, 
and among the first acts of his administration was 
the erection of Trinity Church. This was com- 
menced in 1696. 

In 1697 the Legislature granted to Trinity Church 
the Church and steeple lately built, together with a 
piece or parcel of ground adjoining thereto and 
bordering upon Broadway. The title given to it 



4 TRINITY CHURCH. 

by charter was the same as that borne by the 
Church at this period, viz.: *' The Parish of Trinity 
Church." 

As soon as tlie Church had obtained its charter, 
active measures were adopted for the completion 
of the Church. The Church Wardens and other 
authorities of the Church were directed to cause an 
estimate to be made of the cost of finishing the 
Church and steeple, and procuring a clock, and one 
or more bells, with other requisites, and a conven- 
ient house for the rector. A tax was to be levied, 
payable in seven years, In twenty -eight quarterly 
installments. The amount collected up to May ist, 
1 701, was ^312, 13s. yd., together with /^^, 12s. 
3d., a contribution received from the Jews. This 
amount was raised to build the steeple ; funds had 
been furnished previously for the completion of the 
Church. This amount was obtained by free gifts. 

The first Church was originally a small square 
building. It was somewhat in the Gothic style of 
architecture. The tower was at the western end and 
faced the Hudson or North River, overlooking the 
expanse of that beautiful stream. In it the Governor 
and royal dignitaries attended divine worship. It 
was completed, dedicated, and the first sermon de- 
livered in it by the Rev. Dr. Vesey, on the 6th of 
February, 1697. 

Trinity Church at that period had a long cemetery 
on each side, enclosed on the front by a painted 
paling fence. Before it a long walk was railed off 
from Broadway. The building was about 148 feet 
long, including the tower and chancel, and 22 feet 



TRINITY CHURCH. 5 

in breadth. The steeple was 175 feet in height, 
and over the door facing the river was the following 
inscription: per angustam 

Hoc Trinitatis Templum fundatum est anno regni 
illustrissimi, Supremi, Domini Gulielmi, tertii, Dei 
gratia Angliae, Scotiae, Franciae et Hibernise Regis, 
Fidei Defensoris, etc. Octavo Annoq : Domini, 1696. 

Ac voluntaria quorundam contributione et Donis 
Aedificicatum maxime autem, dilecti Regis Chili- 
archae Benjamini Fletcher hujus Provinciae strategi 
et Imperatoris Munificentia animatum et auctum, 
cujus tempore moderaminis hujus Civitatis incolae, 
Religionem protestantem Ecclesiae Anglicanae, ut 
secundum Legem nunc stabilitae profitentes quodam 
Diplomate sub Sigillo Provinciae incorporati sunt, 
atque alias Plurimas ex Re sua familiari, Dona- 
tiones notabiles eidem dedit. 

This being Anglicised reads as follows : 

" This Trinity Church was founded in the eighth 
year of the reign of the Most Illustrious Sovereign 
Lord William the Third, by the grace of God, King 
of England, Scotland, France and Ireland, Defender 
of the Faith, etc., and in the year of our Lord, 1696 ; 
and built by the voluntary contributions and gifts of 
some persons, and chiefly encouraged and promoted 
by the bounty of his Excellency, Col. Benjamin 
Fletcher, Captain General and Governor-in-chief 
of this Province," etc. 

The head of the chancel was adorned with an 
altar-piece, and opposite to it, at the other end of 
the building, was the organ. The tops of the pillars 
which supported the galleries, was decked with the 
gilt busts of winged angels. From the ceiling were 



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TRINITY CHURCH. 



suspended two glass branches, and on the walls 
hung the arms of some of the principal benefactors ; 
among these a conspicuous place was given to 
Governor Fletcher, and the same inscription was 
placed under them as that which has been noticed 
above the door of the Church. 




First Trinity Church, 1740. 



This building was enlarged in 1735, and again in 
1737. It was destroyed by fire during the great 
conflagration, September 21st, 1776. 

Trinity Church was rebuilt in 1788, and con- 
secrated in 1 791 by Bishop Provost. It was quite 
a handsome building — was built of stone and had 
a steeple on the eastern end. The entrance was 



TRINITY CHURCH. 7 

also on the east, which was ornamented with a 
neat circular portico. Over the top of the door- 
way a tablet was placed, containing the following 
inscription : 

" D. o. M. 

TRINITY CHURCH 

WAS FIRST FOUNDED IN THE YEAR 1 696, 

ENLARGED AND BEAUTIFIED IN 1 737, 

AND ENTIRELY DESTROYED IN THE GREAT 

CONFLAGRATION OF THE CITY, SEPT. 21, 1 776. 

THIS BUILDING WAS 

ERECTED ON THE SITE OF THE FORMER 

CHURCH, 

IN THE YEAR 1 788. 

RIGHT REV, SAMUEL PROVOST, D. D., RECTOR. 

JAMES DUANE AND JOHN JAY, CHURCH WARDENS. 

This building being considered as insecure, it 
was demolished during the spring and autumn of 
1839, to make room for the present magnificent 
structure. The new Church was commenced in the 
autumn of the same year, and was completed and 
consecrated on the 21st of May, 1846. 



8 TRINITY CHURCH. 

The present structure is built entirely of New 
Jersey brown stone ; the roof only excepted. It is 
190 feet long, 80 feet wide, and, with its spire, is 
284 feet in height. That part of the tower to which 
visitors are permitted to climb, is 198 feet or 308 
steps, and commands one of the finest views in New 
York. The architect of the building was Richard 
Upjohn. 

The cost of the present structure, including the 
organ, additional bells, etc., was $358,629.94. The 
chimes of Trinity are not surpassed by any in this 
country, if in the world. It consists of eight bells, 
all of which were cast in London. There is also a 
larger one, cast by Mennely, of Troy, N. Y., which 
was cast in 1846. It weight is said to be 8,200 lbs., 
and is large enough for five ordinary sized men to 
stand inside of the bell. 

In 1703 Trinity Church was enriched by Queen 
Anne, of England, by a donation of that portion of 
land bordered by Rector Street, Broadway, Fulton 
Street, and the shores of the Hudson River. The 
same year the corporation of New York conveyed 
to the Church the old grave-yard situated where the 
Church was built, on condition that the Church 
should keep the fence in repair, and charge no more 
for interments than 3s. for adults, and is. 6d. for all 
persons under 12 years of age. 

In 1705 an additional donation was received from 
Queen Anne, of that large tract of land lying be- 
tween Fulton Street, Broadway, Skinner's road, 
(now Christopher Street,) and the shores of the 
Hudson River. 



TRINITY CHURCH. 9 

In 1 813 all burials were prohibited below Canal 
Street. In 1851 the corporation of New York 
passed an ordinance prohibiting any burials in the 
city, south of 86th Street, except in private vaults 
and cemeteries. Notwithstanding these restrictions, 
it is said that there are several interments in Trinity 
Church-yard every year. 

In early days every church in New York had a 
grave-yard connected with the church building. In 
1822 there were 23 grave-yards south of the City 
Hall. 

The following is a list of the Bishops of the Dio- 
cese of New York : 

Right Rev. Samuel Provost, D. D., conse- 
crated February 8th, 1787, died September 6th, 
1815. 

Right Rev. Benjamin Moore, D. D., conse- 
crated September nth, 1801, died February 27th, 
1816. 

Right Rev. J. Henry Hobart, D. D., conse- 
crated May 29th, 1811, died May 29th, 1830. 

Right Rev. Benjamin T. Onderdonk, D. D., 
consecrated November 26th, 1830, died April 30th, 
1861. 

Right Rev. J. M. Wainwright, D. D., conse- 
crated November loth, 1850, died December 2nd, 
1858. 

Right Rev. Horatio Potter, D. D., conse- 
crated November 12th, 1854. 



lO TRINITY CHURCH. 

Rectors of Trinity Church. 
Rev. William Vesey. 
Rev. Henry Barclay. 
Rev. Charles Inglis. 
Rev. Nathaniel Auchnuty. A 

Rev. Benjamin Moore. 
Rev. Samuel Provost. 
Rev. John Henry Hobart. 
Rev. William Berrien. 
Rev. Morgan Dix. 
After the Revolutionary war the salary of the 
Rector was fixed at ^loo per annum, but at the 
present it is $12,000, with a costly and splendid 
Rectory. 

The Church charges were : 
For Funeral services in the Church, 13s. 
For Funeral services in the Church-yard, 9s. 
For Marriage in the Parish, 13s. 
clerk's fees. 
For attending a Funeral, 5s. 6d. 
For attending at a Marriage, 6s. 6d. 
For registering a Christening, gd. 
sexton's fees. 

For opening the Church for Marriages, 3s. 6d. 

Strangers were charged double these rates. 
For ringing the bell for a Funeral, 3s. 
For every Marriage, 3s. 3d. Strangers to pay double. 
For making a grave, 6s. 

The increase of the income of the Church is now 
very rapid. In 1847 it was $58,000, but a late 
report of the Comptroller of the Corporation gives 
the amount as $500,000 per annum. 



TRINITY CHURCH. II 

A curious privilege of former days was that of 
Biu'ial in the Chancel, which could only be obtained 
by the payment of a heavy fee. It cost ^5 to bury 
the body of an adult in this sacred precinct ; chil- 
dren above ten years of age, half that price, while 
all under ten years were allowed admittance at 5s. 
This was a relic of the old superstition concerning 
the sanctity of certain spots, and the benefits con- 
ferred to the souls by such a disposal of the body. 

The Grave-yard connected with Trinity Church 
should not be neglected by the sight-seer. Here is 
the last resting place of many of the most prominent 
citizens of New York in its early days — many that 
have filled high positions in both Church and State. 
Here are interred the remains of many of the 
Huguenots or Walloons, that fled (to save their 
lives) from France on Saint Bartholomew's day, 
when every Protestant was massacred that could be 
apprehended. 

For convenience, we will divide the yard into 
an upper and lower portion in our description 
of the attractive points. 

We will first describe that portion lying north of 
the Church. 



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PROMINENT POINTS — WHERE LOCATED — AND HOW 
TO FIND THEM. 

The first object that attracts our notice on the 
north side is the 

martyrs' MONUMENT. 

This splendid piece of sculpture is in the corner, 
near Broadway and Trinity building. It is of brown 
stone, and is one of the prominent objects of the 
Church-yard. Under it are the bones of many of 
those prisoners that suffered and died in the old 
prison-ships, the old sugar-houses, the Provost 
Prison, (now the Hall of Record,) and many other 
points in New York during the Revolutionary war. 

Close to this is a singular grave-stone of a dis- 
tinguished Free Mason. On the head of the stone 
there are thirteen Masonic cyphers, and below, 
*' Sacred to the Memory 
James Leston. 
Died 28th September, 1794." 

Immediately back of the Leston grave-stone is a 
very old one with the following inscriptions -^ 

" Here lyes y^ body of Philip Minthorn, aged 78 
years, dec^ Dec. y^ 25th, 1722." 

" Here lyes ye body of Hedegon, wife of Philip 
Minthorn, aged 55 years, dec*^ Dec. y^ 19th, 1725." 

* All inscriptions are literal copies from the original tomb or 
grave stones. 



14 trinity grave yard. 

firemen's monument. 

This Is only a few steps from the grave of James 
Leston, and was erected by some of the Active 
Members of Engine Company No. 42, to the mem- 
ory of six of their companions who were killed 
(in a great fire) in the performance of their duties. 

Following the path on the Broadway side, we 
come to an old brown stone with the following 
inscription ; 

" Here lyes 
Benjamin Grant." 

A short distance further we see another brown 
stone with the following Inscription — a portion of 
the name has scaled off. 

" Here lyes the body of Sidney B , 

WHO DIED in 1767. 

Made by his own hand. 
Ha, Sidney, Sidney, 
lyest thou here? 

I, HERE I LYE, TILL TIME IS FLOWN." 

Here are also the three oldest grave-stones in the 
yard. 

" Here lyest the bodey of Richard Churcher, 
the son of Wm. Churcher, who died 5th day cf 
Aug. 1 68 1, aged 5 years." 

There is a very singular piece of sculpture on the 
back of this stone. 

" Here lyeth the body of Anny Churcher, dec^ 
May the 14th, 1691, buryed May the i6th, 1691. 

Here lyesth the bodey of Christian Pel, the 
wife of Wm. Pel, aged 23, and departed this life 
the 23d of October, 1692. 



TRINITY GRAVE YARD. 



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Crossing the path, and near to Broadway, is a 
large brown tomb-stone, lying upon the surface of 
the ground. Near the head is an open cavity where 
originally was a marble tablet with an inscription. 
This was stolen, and another was substituted made 
of brass and bolted down to the stone. This was 
also stolen, and the cavity has since remained open. 
Below the cavity is cut the name of 
Charlotte Temple. 




l6 TRINITY GRAVE YARD. 

This unfortunate young lady, who has been known 
as Charlotte Temple, was descended from the no- 
bility of G. B., her grandfather being the Duke or 

Earl of B . Mrs. Susanna Rowson, in her life 

of Charlotte and Lucy Temple, has given the lead- 
ing events connected with her life, which she says 
were given to her by an aged lady who professed 
to have been well acquainted with Charlotte, and 
said they could be relied on. The names as given 
by Mrs. Rowson are fictitious, for the purpose of 
saving the feelings of relatives. 

The grandfather of Charlotte is called Captain 
Eldridge, of the British navy, who was married and 
had a son George, who was killed in a duel, and a 
daughter named Lucy, (the mother of Charlotte.) 
She was married to a son of the Earl or Duke of B., 
and is called W. Temple. They resided near 
Chichester, and Charlotte attended school in Chi- 
chester, England. Here she became acquainted 
with Captain John Montraville, of the British army. 
He persuaded her to accompany him in his trip to 
America in 1774, under the promise of marriage, 
which promise was never fulfilled. After having 
lived with Captain Montraville in New York for a 
considerable time, he became acquainted with a 
Miss Julia Franklin, and they got married. Prior 
to his marriage he wrote to Charlotte and urged 
her to return to her parents, telling her he could 
not comply with his promise as to a marriage. He 
gave this letter to a Captain Belcour, who kept the 
money and destroyed the letter. Thus being left 
destitute, she was turned out of the house with 



TRINITY GRAVE YARD. 1 7 

nothing on her but her thin clothes, in a severe 
snow storm. Sheher was given to her by a poor 
man, whose wife earned her hving by taking in 
washing. Here her daughter Lucy was born, and 
a few days after, her father, having come on in 
search of her, found her just as she was on her 
death-bed. He saw that her remains were interred 
in Trinity Church-yard, and left for England, taking 
little Lucy with him. Montraville was passing the 
grave-yard as the interment was taking place, and 
hearing how Belcour had treated Charlotte, hunted 
him up. They fought a duel and Belcour was killed. 

The house which Charlotte occupied with Mon- 
traville, and from which she was driven in a storm, 
stood at the corner of the Bowery and Pell Street, 
now No. 20 Bowery. It was afterwards called the 
" Tree House," from the fact that the last of the 
forest trees that formerly were on the Bowery was 
immediately in front of the house. The building, 
after the publication of the life of Charlotte by Mrs. 
Rowson, was called the ''Temple House." The 
old building was demolished in 1836, and the 
present one was erected. This was remodeled and 
thoroughly repaired in 1879. 

Across the path from the grave of Charlotte 
Temple, are four of the finest executed grave-stones 
in the yard. That erected to the memory of 
Thomas Pettate is unusually fine, (all but the 
lettering.) 

There is also an old brown grave-stone " erected 
to the memory of John Wood, who died Jan. 
y« 14th, 1733, aged 67 years." 



l8 TRINITY GRAVE YARD. 

Close to the side entrance of the Church, on the 
northern side, is an old shattered tomb-stone with 
the following inscription : 

" Here lyeth the body of Helen Follen, who 

died 23d Dec. 1703, aged 31 years. And 3 boys 

and 4 girls, children of Wm. and Mary Sharpe." 

On the opposite side of the path is the following 

stone, 

In Memory of William Bradford, 
who was Government Printer for upwards of fifty 
years. 

He was born in Leicestershire, England, in 
1660, and came to America in 1680. He died in 
New York, May 23d, 1752. He published the first 
newspaper ever published in New York, called 
" The New York Gazette." He was also an intimate 
friend of B. Franklin. 

The original of this stone is in the possession of 
the New York Historical Society. 

Directly in the rear of Bradford's monument is the 
tomb of the DePeyster family, dated 1763. 
Back of that tomb is the grave-stone of 
" Robert Hartley, Stone Cutter, 
Departed this life Nov. 13TH, 1772, 
Aged 37 years. 
At the end of the flag-walk, near the Church, is 
a handsome brown grave-stone bearing the follow- 
ing inscription : 

" In Memory of Michael Cresup, 

first Captain of the Rifle Batalion, 

and son of Col. Thomas Cresup, who 

departed this life, October iSth, 1775." 



TRINITY GRAVE YARD. 1 9 

This Col. Thomas Cresup is the man that caused 
the slaughter of the whole family of Logan, the 
celebrated Mingo chief. 

Logan was a distinguished Iroquois (or Mingo) 
chief, of the Cayuga tribe. It is said that " for 
magnanimity in war, and greatness of soul in peace, 
few, if any, ever surpassed Logan." He was uni- 
formly the friend of the whites until the Spring of 
1774, when all his relatives were barbarously mur- 
dered by them without provocation. He then took 
up the hatchet, engaged the Shawnees, Delawares 
and other tribes to act with him, and a bloody war 
followed. The Indians, however, were defeated in 
the battle of Point Pleasant, at the mouth of the 
Great Kanhawa, in October, 1774, and peace soon 
followed. When the proposals for peace were sub- 
mitted to Logan, he is said to have made the fol- 
lowing memorable and well known speech : 

Speech of Logan, the Mingo Chief. 

" I appeal to any white man to say whether he 
ever entered Logan's cabin hungry, and he gave 
him no meat ; if ever he came cold and naked, and 
he clothed him not. 

" During the course of the last long and bloody 
war, Logan remained idle in his cabin an advocate 
for peace. Such was my love for the whites that 
my countrymen pointed as they passed, and said, 
' Logan is the friend of the white man.' 

" I had even thought to have lived with you, but 
for the injustice of one man. Col. Cresup, the last 



20 TRINITY GRAVE YARD. 

Spring, in cold blood, and unprovoked, murdered 
the relations of Logan, not even sparing my women 
and children. 

" There runs not a drop of my blood in the veins 
of any living creature. This called on me for re- 
venge. I have sought it ; I have killed many ; I 
have fully glutted my vengeance. 

" For my country I rejoice at the beam of peace. 
But do not harbor a thought that mine is the joy of 
fear. Logan never felt fear. He will not turn on 
his heel to save life. Who is now to mourn for 
Logan ?" 

Not far from the grave of Cresup there Is an old 
grave-stone, and the name of the occupant of the 
grave is broken off, but the date is 1767. The fol- 
lowing epitaph is inscribed on the stone : 

" Tho Boreas blasts and boisterous waves 

Have tossed me to and fro 

In spite of both by gods decrees 

I harbour here below. 

Where I do now at anchor ride 

With many of our fleet. 

Yet once again I must set sail 

My admiral Christ to meet." 

In the northwestern portion of the yard, near the 
back gate, quite a number of Walloons or Hugue- 
nots were buried. The larger portion were placed 
in graves, but the following are in vaults or 
tombs : 



trinity grave yard. 21 

" Sacred to the memory of 

PlERE TEM. LaSSIU, OF La ChASSEL, FrANCE." 

He was a Popish priest, but became a convert to 
the Protestant faith, and to save his Hfe was obHged 
to flee from France during the great massacre which 
took place on Saint Bartholomew's Day, between 
the 24th and 25th of August, 1572., He died in 
New York in 1,704, aged 6o^^ears. 

" Here lyes the remains of Elias Mezareux, 
Died 31st March, 1709, Aged about 78 years. 

** Here lyes the body of Elias Jamain, who was 
Born the 28th day of November, 1668, at Rochelle, 
in France, and departed this life the 6th day of 
February, 17 11. 

Here also lyes interred y^ body of Mary Jamain, 
daughter of Elias and Dorothy Jamain, who was 
born the 23d day of April, 1704, in the Island of 
Antigua, and departed this life the nth day of 
March, 1709." 

" Here lyeth the body of Benjamin Fanuil, of 
the city of Rochelle, in France, Died 31st March, 
17 19, aged 80 years." 

" Here lieth interred y^ body of Susanna Neau, 
wife of Elias Neau. Born in the city of Rochelle, 
in France, in y^ year 1660, who departed this life 
y^ 25th day of Sept. 1726, aged 60 years." 

" Here lyeth interred the body of Elias Neau, 
Catechist, in New York. Born at Subieze, in 
y^ Provence Zantonge, in France, in y^ year 1662, 
who departed this life y^ 8th day of Sept., 1722, 
aged 60 years. 



22 TRINITY GRAVE YARD. 

This inscription was restored by order of their 
descendant of the 6th generation, EHzabeth Cham- 
phn Perry, of Newport, R. I., widow of Com. O. H. 
Perry, U. S. N., May A. D., 1846." 

" Here lyeth the remains of Blanche, wife of 
Rena Herr, and daughter of James Dubois, departed 
this hfejan. y^ 31st, 1739." 

Close to the spot where the graves of the Hugue- 
nots are to be found, is the grave of a person of 
some distinction during the Revolution. 

" In memory of Daniel Rowls Carpenter, 
who departed this life the 23d of April, 1777, aged 
44 years — who belonged to the Company of 
Artificers sent to this place by the Honourable 
Board of Ordinance, under the direction of Major 
Dixon, Chief Engineer of America." 

There are eight grave-stones in various sections 
of this side of the yard, that have no other inscrip- 
tion but initials and dates. They are evidently 
children. 

Among the quaint epitaphs in Trinity Church- 
yard, are the following : 

" They Fled from scienes of Mortal guilt 
Without Par Taking of the same ; 
They left their bodies Sleeping here 
Till Christ do come the Second time." 

" Here Lyes Interred y^ Body of Benjamin 
Thomas, who Departed this lief Aug. y^ ist, 1744, 
as you ayes no so once Was I In helth and Strength 
thoe here I lye & I am now so you must be Prepare 
for Death and follow me." 



TRINITY GRAVE YARD. 23 

The following is at the foot of Wm. Bradford's 
monument : 

" Reader reflect how soon you'll quit this stage ; 
You'll find but few attain to such an age ; 
Life 's full of pain, Lo ! here's a Place of Rest ; 
Prepare to meet your God, then you are blest." 

On the southwest corner of this portion of the 
yard, near the Church, is the Tomb of the Laight 
Family. It has a handsome brown stone monu- 
mental slab. 

We will now endeavor to give a description of 
the prominent points of interest in that portion of 
the Church-yard lying south of the Church. 

For convenience sake, we will divide it into an 
upper and a lower portion. 

The upper being that nearest the Church, and 
the lower that near to Rector Street. 

Upon entering the front yard at the lower gate, 
the first object that attracts the attention of visitors 
is the beautiful mausoleum made of the finest New 
Jersey brown stone, erected to the memory of 
Captain James Lawrence, U. S. N., of the Frigate 
Chesapeake, and his Lieutenant, A. C. Ludlow, 
U. S. N. 

They both lost their lives in the naval battle 
between the Chesapeake and Shannon, May, 
1813. 

The cannon which surround the monument are 
trophies captured from the British during the war 
of 1812-13. 



24 TRINITY GRAVE YARD. 

In passing around to the Broadway front, we 
CDiTie to the tombs of 

L. Clarkson. 
Matthew L. Davis, 1814. 
John Mason, 1818. 
Robert Coons. 
Marston Family. 
Samuel Nichols. 
Peter Liston, 1818. 
Thos. Rookhad. 
The next we come to, was a person of note in 
early days. 

In memory of 
John Sharpe, commander of His Britanic Majes- 
ty's Packet, The Leicester. Obt. 26th July, 1803, 
Aetatis 42 years. 

We will now proceed on towards New Church 
Street, and the first tomb we come to is that of 
Wm Brown Jones, 1841. 
The next is the tomb of 

The Coddington Family. 
Near this is a tomb 

" In memory of Samuel Job, 
Who died Oct. 30TH, 1777, 
Aged 56 years and 5 months. 
Also of Effie Job, who died Oct. 21st, 1801, 
Aged 80 years and 8 months. 

" Our flesh shall slumber in the ground. 
Till the last trumpets joyful sound. 
Then burst the bonds with sweet surprise, 
And in our Saviors image rise." 



TRINITY GRAVE YARD. 25 

Tomb of A. L. Underhill. 

" Here lies the remains of 

Sarah Scriba, 

WIFE OF George Scriba 

MERCHANT OF THIS CITY 
WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE ON THE 

24TH OF June, 1792." 
Col. George Scriba was a Colonel of Militia, and 
acted as escort to Gen. Washington at his inaugu- 
ration in 1778. 

" Tomb of Lancaster Lupton, 
Died i2Th August, 1803, 
Aged 28." 
Tomb of Chas. McEvors. 
Tomb of John Moore. 
Tomb of C. Reade, 1721. 
Tomb of J. Lawrence, 1818. 
Tomb of the Schieffelin family, 181 2. 
There is a grave-stone at this point with this 
inscription : 

" In memory of John Foxcroft, Esq., late 
Agent for His Britanic Majesty's Packets, who de- 
parted this life May the 4th, 1790, aged 54 years." 
Here is another singular stone : 
" Scriba 

1796." 

The blank in the above should have been filled 
with " Frederick," which was his name. He was a 
brother of Col. George Scriba. Both were mer- 
chants in New York at that period. The name has 
passed from the recollection of the oldest inhabi- 
tants now living. Doubdess it was intended to 



26 TRINITY GRAVE YARD. 

have supplied the above deficiencies, but from some 
cause the stone has been left in a very singularly 
defective state. 

Tomb of H. Anderson. 

Tomb of Henry Pope, et.al. 

Tomb of JoN^ Hamilton, 1792. 

Tomb of RiCH° Nichols, 1829. 

Tomb of Jacob T. Walden, 1808. 

Tomb of Clarkson family, 1767. 

Tomb of Andrew Hamersley, 18 17. 

Tomb of Apthorp, 1801. 

Tomb of Thomas Ludlow, 1847. 

Tomb of Wm. Rickets, 1720. 

Tomb of Capt. Thos. Seymour, 1763. 

Tomb of Elias Desbrosses. 

Tomb of H. & E. Thoday. 

Tomb of John Clarke, 1790. 

Tomb of James Nicholson, Esq., 1790. 

Tomb of Susanna Marshall, 1788. 

Tomb of John Ireland, 1787. 
" Tomb of Walter and Robert C. Livingston, 
sons of Robert Livingston, of the Manor of 
Livingston." 
Within this vault repose the remains of Robert 
Fulton. He was born i6th July, 1765, in the 
Town of Little Britain, Penn'a, in the same neigh- 
borhood in which Benjamin West (the great 
painter) was born. Fulton died in the City of 
New York, Feb. 24th, 18 15, aged 50. 

Tomb of THE Maxwell family, 1790. 

Tomb of Hon. Albert Gallatin. 
He was a distinguished statesman and financier. 
He was a native of Switzerland ; Secretary of the 



TRINITY GRAVE YARD. 27 

Treasury during three Presidential terms, and the 
only man of foreign birth who attained a se?t in 
the Cabinet. He died in 1849, aged 88 years. 

Tomb of Anthony L. Bleecker, 1790. 

Tomb of R. & S. Morris. 

Tomb of Peter Mackella. 

Tomb of John Robinson, 1824. 

Tomb of James Desbrosses, 1799. 

Tomb of the Morgan family, 1797. 

Tomb of Elenora Keeone, 1786. 

Tomb of Capt. Thomas Randall, 1806. 

Tomb of Rich° Griggs, 1809. 

Tomb of Walter L. Laavrence. 

Tomb of John Atkinson, 1799. 

Tomb of John Rodgers. 

Tomb of Anthony Achley. 
"Vault built in 1738, in memory of James 
Alexander, and his descendants, by his son, 

William, Earl of Stirling, 
and his daughters, Mary, wife of V. B. Livingston ; 
Elizabeth, wife of John Stewart; Catharine, 
wife of Walter Rutherford; Susanna, wife of 
John Reid." 

" The history of the so-called Earl of Stirling is 
in some points very remarkable. He was the only 
officer in the Continental army, (except those of 
foreign birth,) who bore a title — a fact which may 
be explained in this way. 

" William Alexander was born in the City of New 
York, but he inherited a claim to an Earldom, and 
visited Scotland to contest it. He was unsuccess- 
ful, having spent a large portion of his fortune in 
this vain attempt. 



28 TRINITY GRAVE YARD. 

" When the Revolution began, he entered the 
American army, and as an act of courtesy was 
called Lord Stirling, after the lost Earldom. He 
had a command at Long Island, where he was 
taken prisoner, but was exchanged and re-entered 
the service. 

" He was a devoted admirer of Washington, to 
whom he disclosed that cabal which disgraced the 
name of Conway. Lord Stirling was one of the 
oldest American officers, being Washington's senior 
by eleven years. 

" He died in Albany, N. Y., in 1783, aged 53 years, 
and his body was brought to the City of New York 
and deposited in the Ancestral Tomb." 

This is located at the end of the Church walk,- 
close on the line of New Church Street. 

Tomb of Jacob Sherrod, 1792. 
Tomb of John R. Livingston. 
Tomb of Robert Watts, 18 14. 
Tomb of Wm. Bayard, 1813. 
Tomb of John Watts. 
The remains of Gen. Phil. Kearney were 
deposited in the last tomb, (John Watts.) He 
was killed at the battle of Chantilly, Sept. 2d, 1862. 
" In memory of 
Robert M. Kearney, 
of Perth Amboy, New Jersey, who departed this 
life the 26th day of September, A. D., 18 16, aged 
35 years and 7 months." 

Tomb of James Woodhams. 
Tomb of David Ogden, 1798. 
Tomb of Wm. Armstead, 1807. 
Tomb of Col. Marinus Willetts. 



TRINITY GRAVE YARD. 29 

He was a Colonel of Artillery under Washington, 
during the Revolutionary war, and after that was 
the fifth Mayor of New York. 

Tomb of Joseph Shellburger. 
Tomb of Col. George Brewerton, 1772 
Tomb of E. Warner & J. Mott. 
Tomb of Gab^ Wm. Ludlow. 
Tomb of Martin Hoffman, 1784. 
Tomb of Andre\y Barclay, 1762. 
Tomb of P. Miller, 1753. 
Tomb of Hugh Gains. | 

Bishop B. Moore. J 
Tomb of Rev. Dr. Ogilvie. 
Tomb of John Seidell. 
On the southern side of the yard bordering on 
Rector Street, stands the marble monument erected 
to the memory of Alexander Hamilton. 
" The Corporation of Trinity Church has 
erected this monument 
In testimony of their respect for 
The Patriot of incorruptible integrity ; 
The Soldier of approved valor, 
The Stateman of consummate wisdom, 
Whose talents and wisdom will be 
admired by 
Grateful Posterity 
Long after this marble shall have 

mouldered into dust. 

He died July i2TH, 1804, aged 47." 

Hamilton's eldest son Philip, aged about 20 

years, was also interred in this same plot of ground, 

about ten years before the death of his father. He 

was also a victim to the evil practice of dueling. 



30 TRINITY GRAVE YARD. 

Hamilton was shot in' a duel by Aaron Burr, on 
the nth of July, 1804, and died on the following 
day. Burr was a cold-hearted, vindictive man, and 
evidently intended to kill Hamilton. He was seen 
in his arbor practising with his pistol for several 
days previous to the duel, and he is said to have 
become so expert with his pistol as to be able, at 
the distance often paces, to snuff a candle. 

When the encounter took place, Hamilton dis- 
charged his pistol into the air, but Burr, having 
reserved his fire, took deliberate aim, and with 
fatal effect shot his adversary. 

When it was announced to Burr, several hours 
after the occurrence, that Hamilton had been fatally 
injured and was then lying in a dying condition, he 
was walking in his arbor, reading one of his favor- 
ite authors, as composedly as if nothing of impor- 
tance had occurred, and even refused to credit the 
statement. 

Burr died several years afterwards in great des- 
titution, and was buried along side of his father, at 
Princeton, New Jersey. 

Immediately in the front of Hamilton's monu- 
ment is the grave of his widow, who survived him 
about 50 years. The following inscription is cut 
on a handsome marble slab : 
" Eliza. 
Daughter of John Schuyler, 
Widow of Alexander Hamilton, 
Born at Albany, 
August qth, 1797, 
Died at Washington, 
Nov. 9TH, 1854. 
Interred here." 



TRINITY GRAVE YARD. 3I 

Toward the centre of the yard is a neat, tasty 
monument of white marble to the memory of 
Charles McLean & Wife, 1799. 
Across the path from the Hamilton monument, 
there are two monuments of marble to the memory of 
" Col. John Ward, of South Carolina, 
Died 19TH Sept., 1816. 
Aged 50 years." 
Robert Mackay, of Georgia. 
Died 6th October, 1816, Aged 44 years." 
A short distance from the above is a brown stone 
on which is the following inscription : 

" This marble designed with unambitious pur- 
poses, and chiefly to preserve in the remembrance 
of his friends his excellent disposition and amiable 
qualities, is sacred to the memory of James 
Saidley, who departed this life, July 29th, 1803, 
aged 52 years." 

Tomb of Capt. John Griffith. 
Just below the grave of Mrs. Hamilton, is a neat 
marble monument to the memory of 
"My Mother." 
Close to the above is the tomb of Joseph 
Aquiller, 1803, and John Buchanan, 1812. 

We have now reached a neat marble monument, 
with the inscription in both English and Danish : 

"Underneath lay the remains of 
Lars Nannstad, his Majesty's Weighmaster and 
Postmaster General for the Lsland of Saint Thomas. 
Assessor in the Berghers' Council, Church Warden, 
Guardian of the Poor, in the same place. He was 
born on the 6th of June, 1757, in little Nesterell, on 
the Island of Zieland, in Denmark, Married in the 



32 TRINITY GRAVE YARD. 

year 1789 to Anne Maria Elizabeth Winaboy, and 
arrived in New York on the 31st of May, 1807, for 
the benefit of his dedining health, and was on the 
24th day of July, in the same year, called to a 
better life, aged 49 years and some days. His 
sorrowing and disconsolate widow has erected this 
monument as a grateful remembrance of a most 
affectionate husband." 

The following inscription is nearly gone, and is 
almost lost, from the influence of the weather. 

" L. N." 

A highly respected and beloved Master-Mason, 

late a member of Lodge, in the Island of 

Zieland, in Denmark. 

On a line with Broadway, and midway between 
Rector and Church Streets, is a brown grave-stone 
with the following inscription : 

" Here lies the body of William Stone Mont- 
gomery, eldest son of Sir Wm. Montgomery, 
Bart and late Captain of his Britanic Majesty's 
Ninth Regiment of Infantry. He died in this city 
on the 7th day of July, 1778. 

Near to the above grave are the tombs of 
B. Peck, 1719. 
Mrs. Mary Kelley, 1800. 
Mary Wragg, 1730. 
Wm. Walton, 1767. 
Robert Cadenhead, 1806. 
Lieut. Wm. Tapp, of Col. Marinus Willetts' 
Regiment, was buried here, but the grave-stone 
is lost. 




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